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A/RES/72/93

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 72
Date
2017-12-07
Committee report
A/72/454
Meeting record
A/72/PV.66
Agenda item(s)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.

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Yes 118No 2Abstain 54Did not vote 19

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'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/72/93
CountryPosition
AfghanistanYes
AlgeriaYes
AngolaYes
Antigua and BarbudaYes
AustraliaYes
AzerbaijanYes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)Yes
BahrainYes
BangladeshYes
BarbadosYes
BelarusYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Yes
BotswanaYes
BrazilYes
Brunei DarussalamYes
Burkina FasoYes
BurundiYes
Cabo VerdeYes
CambodiaYes
CameroonYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChileYes
ChinaYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CubaYes
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaYes
DjiboutiYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
EgyptYes
El SalvadorYes
Equatorial GuineaYes
EritreaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
EthiopiaYes
FijiYes
GabonYes
GrenadaYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
GuyanaYes
HondurasYes
IndiaYes
IndonesiaYes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Yes
IraqYes
JamaicaYes
JordanYes
KenyaYes
KuwaitYes
Lao People's Democratic RepublicYes
LebanonYes
LesothoYes
LibyaYes
MadagascarYes
MalaysiaYes
MaldivesYes
MaliYes
MauritaniaYes
MauritiusYes
MexicoYes
MongoliaYes
MoroccoYes
MozambiqueYes
MyanmarYes
NamibiaYes
NepalYes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
NigeriaYes
OmanYes
PakistanYes
PanamaYes
Papua New GuineaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PhilippinesYes
QatarYes
RwandaYes
Saint Kitts and NevisYes
Saint LuciaYes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesYes
SamoaYes
Saudi ArabiaYes
SenegalYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SingaporeYes
Solomon IslandsYes
South AfricaYes
South SudanYes
Sri LankaYes
SudanYes
SurinameYes
Syrian Arab RepublicYes
TajikistanYes
ThailandYes
Timor-LesteYes
TongaYes
Trinidad and TobagoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UgandaYes
United Arab EmiratesYes
United Republic of TanzaniaYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
Viet NamYes
YemenYes
ZambiaYes
ZimbabweYes
IsraelNo
United StatesNo
AlbaniaAbstain
AndorraAbstain
ArgentinaAbstain
ArmeniaAbstain
AustriaAbstain
BelgiumAbstain
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbstain
BulgariaAbstain
CanadaAbstain
CroatiaAbstain
CyprusAbstain
CzechiaAbstain
DenmarkAbstain
EstoniaAbstain
FinlandAbstain
FranceAbstain
GeorgiaAbstain
GermanyAbstain
GreeceAbstain
HungaryAbstain
IcelandAbstain
IrelandAbstain
ItalyAbstain
JapanAbstain
KazakhstanAbstain
LatviaAbstain
LiechtensteinAbstain
LithuaniaAbstain
LuxembourgAbstain
MaltaAbstain
Marshall IslandsAbstain
Micronesia (Federated States of)Abstain
MonacoAbstain
MontenegroAbstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Abstain
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Abstain
NorwayAbstain
PalauAbstain
PolandAbstain
PortugalAbstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
Republic of MoldovaAbstain
RomaniaAbstain
Russian FederationAbstain
San MarinoAbstain
SerbiaAbstain
SlovakiaAbstain
SloveniaAbstain
SpainAbstain
SwedenAbstain
SwitzerlandAbstain
TogoAbstain
UkraineAbstain
United KingdomAbstain
BelizeDid not vote
BeninDid not vote
ChadDid not vote
ComorosDid not vote
Democratic Republic of the CongoDid not vote
DominicaDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
GhanaDid not vote
Guinea-BissauDid not vote
HaitiDid not vote
KiribatiDid not vote
KyrgyzstanDid not vote
LiberiaDid not vote
MalawiDid not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Did not vote
NigerDid not vote
Sao Tome and PrincipeDid not vote
SeychellesDid not vote
SomaliaDid not vote

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Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.